Al-Minaa Sports Club is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the most popular clubs in Iraq, particularly in the south, and became the first club outside Baghdad to win the Iraqi Premier League.
Al-Minaa squad in 1950
Coach Jamil Hanoon (center) with the Al-Minaa team that won the league.
Hadi Ahmed, one of the best Al-Minaa players for the period (1970-1985).
Coach Aqeel Hato, who led Al-Minaa in the 2006 AFC Champions League.
Basra is a city in southern Iraq located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing construction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq's geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish a large naval base in the Faw peninsula.
Image: Bridge of Basra 2
Image: Basra Museum in Iraq April 2017
Image: Basra train
Image: شط العرب البصرة
